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Monday, February 17
Trump Fast Start Stuns DC, Upsets Rivals, Thrills Voters
Jeff Murdock, Wash Times
Trump Is Making Mistakes, Dems Must Be Ready To Respond
Brad Bannon, The Hill
Is There a Dem Blueprint To Regain Power?
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
How Progressives Broke the Government
Marc Dunkelman, The Atlantic
Critics Freak Out Over Vance's Free Speech Warning to Europe
Miranda Devine, NYP
Will Trump Sell Out Kiev To Placate Moscow?
David Ignatius, Washington Post
We Have a President Who Is Trying To End Wars
Secretary Rubio, Face the Nation
Trump & Musk's Purge Isn't Cost Cutting, It's a Coup
Peter Stone, The Guardian
It's Not a Constitutional Crisis, It's a Liberation
Nicole Russell, USA Today
Is Trump Talk of Shuttering Education Dept a Con Job?
Dan Balz, Washington Post
NeverTrumpers Praise for Danielle Sassoon Misplaced
Mollie Hemingway, Federalist
Justice Department’s Existential Crisis Is Self-Inflicted
Elie Honig, NY Magazine
Dems Lost, Now Try To Govern From Courtroom
William Jacobson, Legal Insurrection
Fight Fear & Loathing of Trump, Stay Tuned In
Margaret Sullivan, The Guardian
Why No One Respects the Legacy Media
John Hinderaker, PowerLine
How Presidents Day Came To Be
Stewart McLaurin, USA Today
The Greatest President You Never Learned About
Alex Adkins, The American Spectator
Tuesday, February 18
Bickering Democrats Confront Their Powerlessness
Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN


Can America's Censorship Machine Be Dismantled?
Emma Freire, World
USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending
Aida Chavez, The Nation
Masters of Corruption
Roger Kimball, The Spectator
Wokeness Is Not To Blame for Harris' Loss
Rebecca Traister, New York Magazine
Trump Gets Broad Backing for Border Crackdown
Terry Jones, Issues & Insights
New York Prosecutors Create a New Blueprint for the Left
Mimi Rocah, MSNBC
The Hammer Drops at Justice
Julie Kelly, Substack
Progressives Won't Allow Democratic Party To Be Saved
Jacobson & Page, The Hill
The Legal War on Greenpeace
James Meigs, City Journal
World Is Not Going To Reach Net Zero by 2050
Ross Pomeroy, RealClearScience
Biden's Inflation Stays Hot: The Risks for Republicans
Steve Cortes, Substack
DOGE Should Target the Pentagon
Indigo Olivier, The New Republic
Eruption in 'BleachBit,' 'Wipe Hard Drive,' Searches in DC
Tyler Durden, ZeroHedge
What Should Democrats Do With DEI Programs?
Eric Levitz, Vox
Active and Passive Academic Freedom
Vinay Prasad, Substack
The Opportunity Is Here To Bring U.S., India Closer
Vinson Palathingal, RealClearWorld
Wednesday, February 19
Vance Drew a Bright Line in Europe
Jonathan Turley, New York Post


The Party of Reagan Is Selling Out Ukraine
Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic
Europe's War Party Takes Aim at Trump
Eldar Mamedov, The American Conservative
The Trump-GOP Political Movement Must Police Its Ranks
Bari Weiss, Free Press
There's Nothing Neocons Love More Than 'Policing the Right'
Sean Davis, Federalist
Who Will Stop Trump & Musk From Dismantling the U.S. Govt?
James Zirin, The Hill
How DC Bureaucrats Make a Sham of Democracy
Daniel McCarthy, New York Post
Trump & Musk Tell Hannity the ‘Bromance’ Endures
Philip Wegmann, RealClearPolitics
Musk & Trump Causing Dumbest Imperial Collapse in History
Ryan Cooper, TAP
Trump Isn't Gutting Research, He's Fixing Corrupt System
Stanley Goldfarb, USAT
If Trump Crushes Federal Workers, We're All Next
Eric Blanc, The Nation
Why the Case for Birthright Citizenship Is Not a Slam Dunk
Paul Thacker, RCI
Protect Prosecutors From Trump's Assault on Freedoms
Cristine Soto DeBerry, USAT
Precedents for the Eric Adams Case
Copland & Mangual, Wall Street Journal
Liberalism in a Populist Era
John Halpin, The Liberal Patriot
'Calling Trump a Fascist Is an Insult to Democracy & History'
Tom Slater, Spiked
America's Post-Apocalyptic Cities
Ryan Zickgraf, UnHerd
Video Highlights: Trump, Musk | Carville | Karp | Miller | Maher | More Videos
Thursday, February 20
Democrats Are Learning: It's Not 2017 All Over Again
Byron York, DC Examiner


Was Bidenomics a Big Mistake?
Guida & Furman, Politico
Harris Made Me Cringe. Vance Shows We Deserved Better
Nicole Russell, USA Today
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Eric Adams?
Elie Mystal, The Nation
Dems Should Help Clean Up Illegal Immigrant Crime
Miranda Devine, New York Post
How About a Daily Democratic Message?
Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
Voter Rolls Like They Oughta Be
Doug Truax, RealClearPolitics
Leftist-Led WI Court 'Guts' Challenges to Election Violations
M.D. Kittle, Federalist
How Liberalism Became Uncool
Clare Haber-Harris, Slate
Pagans Infiltrated Society, Declared Everything Good Is Bad
Alex Karp, CNBC
Trump Is Back, and It's No Longer Business as Usual
Lou Barletta, RealClearPolitics
Why I'm Rooting for Rubio To Fail in Saudi Arabia
Bill Kristol, The Bulwark
After Insane Biden Era, Diplomacy Has Resumed
Glenn Greenwald, System Update
This Is a Key Test: Elbridge Colby Must Be Confirmed
Donald Trump Jr., Human Events
How Gutfeld Toppled Fallon and Colbert in the Ratings
Tatiana Siegel, Variety
Margaret Brennan's CBS Humiliation
Paul du Quenoy, The Telegraph
Organized Dissident Alumni Rise Against Campus Wokeness
John Murawski, RCI
Friday, February 21
Democrats: Get Out of Washington and Into the Real World
Brad Howard, The Hill


Trump's Counter-Revolution and the Return to Normalcy
Victor Davis Hanson, TikTok
To Russia, With Love, Donald
Bill Kristol, The Bulwark
Moralistic Garbage From Those Who Resist Ending War
Vice President JD Vance, X
After Trump's 1st Month, Defiance Matters More Than Ever
Amanda Marcotte, Salon
Patel Confirmation Seals Win for Trump in Nominations War
Shane Harris, AMAC
Elon Musk Isn't Too Rich To Be Corrupt With DOGE
Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC
Impoundment Control Act Wears Out Its Welcome
Charlie Kirk, RealClearPolitics
Out Goes Mitch McConnell--and an Era of GOP Politics
Jordain Carney, Politico
Did McConnell Overstay His Welcome?
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Why a Resources Deal With U.S. Makes Sense for Ukraine
Kurt Volker, Kyiv Post
We Hope Zelensky Isn't Trying To Hustle the U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, X
America Has a Historic Opportunity in the Middle East
Philip Gordon, Foreign Affairs
Hamas Shows World Why Gaza Is Beyond Saving
Andrea Peyser, New York Post
Ponder How the Bibas Boys Died
Bernard-Henri Levy, Wall Street Journal
The Free-Speech Phonies
David Graham, The Atlantic
The AP's Dangerous Language Dictatorship
Roger L. Simon, Substack
Video Highlights: Miller | Buttigieg | Musk | Cotton | Baker | Ryun | More Videos
Saturday, February 22
Why Trump Is So Threatening to Permanent Bureaucracy
Byron York, DC Examiner
A Half Century of Failure To Reform the FBI
Steve Howell, The Nation
Two-Tiered System of Justice Is Over, There Will Be Accountability
Kash Patel, FBI
Ukraine Must Guarantee Its Own Security
Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs
Reality Winning the Russia-Ukraine Narrative War
George Beebe, Compact Magazine
Supreme Court Must Bring Gavel Down on Activist Judges
Mike Davis, FOX News
Homan Made a Mistake Picking a Fight With Ocasio-Cortez
Julio Varela, MSNBC
Why Democrats Lack a Message and a Messenger
J.T. Young, The Hill
Will DOGE Finish What Clinton Administration Started?
Greg Orman, RealClearPolitics
DEI & Deviancy: Wealth Doesn't Always Buy Protection
Bethany Mandel, DC Examiner
Why Hochul Did Not Remove Adams
Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
Family of Stoneman Douglas Victim Still Victimized
John Lott, RealClearPolitics
How Washington Plans To Defend the Dollar
Gillian Tett, Financial Times
Vance in Munich and Realism for the Modern World
Josh Hammer, Newsweek
What Is the Problem With the Palestinian Problem?
Azar Gat, RealClearPolitics
Their Time Is Up
Liel Leibovitz, Tablet Magazine
Unburden Journalism From What Has Been
John Metzger, Substack
RCP Samizdat Prize: Stories of Censorship With Shrier, Turley and Yaccarino
Sunday, February 23
The DOGE Project Will Backfire
Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic
Voters and Courts Support a Bureaucratic Slim-Down
Julian Epstein, NY Post
Party of One: Trump Talks About Himself at CPAC
David Smith, The Guardian
Trump Team Delivers Historic First-Month Briefing
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
How Trump's Pivot on Russia Also Endangers America
Simon Tisdall, The Observer
Economic Partnership Will Protect Ukraine and U.S.
Scott Bessent, Financial Times
Why Dems Will Probably Shut Down the Government Soon
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
Kash Patel: The Man the Deep State Hates
John Kass
Can We Lower Toxic Polarization While Still Opposing Trump?
Zach Elwood, The Hill
The Cringe-Worthy Trump Resistance
Michael Goodwin, New York Post
We May All Regret Dismantling USAID
Ryan Crow, Los Angeles Times
How USAID Squandered Billions in Haiti and Around the Globe
Paul Vallas, NY Post
Born American? A Look at 'Birthright Citizenship'
Richard Samuelson, RealClearPolitics
Democrats Should Retire the Term 'People of Color'
Jerel Ezell, Politico
Trump's Anti-DEI Executive Orders
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
Why Isn't the Department of Education Already Closed?
Jack Schneider, The Nation
To Save Academia, Hire Conservatives
Jacob Shell, Compact Magazine


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